Opening up the floodgates to foreign workers on Australia’s oil and gas projects is unwarranted, hypocritical and shortsighted according to the Maritime Union of Australia.
In launching its own White Ribbon Campaign the Federation of Transport Trade Unions of Bulgaria have recognised the efforts of the Maritime Union of Australia.
Congress got off to a triumphant start yesterday with a cavalcade of welcome from the Bulgarian hosts and a line up of national and international guests.
Last night Maritime Union of Australia Members joined hundreds of people in Wollongong in a candlelight vigil calling for peace in the Gaza-Israel conflict.
MUA members in Port Kembla were treated to a surprise visit from none other than Australian Council of Trade Unions President Ged Kearney on Wednesday.